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E. labeculoides Strand (47 c). S'- Deep ochreous-orange with an antemedian and a postmedian trans -labeculoides. 
verse band formed of large, partly isolated scales and distally resp. proximally bordered by a narrow whitish 
band. Besides a sublimbal row of 3 Or 4 black spots. Under surface of both wings as the hindwings above, 
without markings. Expanse of wings: 20 to 21 mm. The $ a little lighter and larger (expanse of wings: 24 mm). 
Formosa, types in the German Entomolog. Museum at Berlin-Dahlem. 
E. sparsa Wilem. E forewing yellow, without transverse lines, but the discal area is scantily speckled sparsa. 
with black scales, except in the costal area. Hindwing whitish, along the veins creamy yellow. Under surface 
of forewings yellowish, of hindwings whitish. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Formosa; in May. 
E. dissimilis Wilem. E cinnamon-coloured. Abdomen mixed with white; forewing scantily strewn dissimilis. 
with darker scales, antemedian and postmedian lines whitish, the former broken before the middle, the latter 
curved towards the costa. Hindwings and under surface of both wings whitish, speckled darker. head, 
thorax and forewing yellow; the whitish transverse lines of the forewing very indistinct. Hindwing and under 
surface of both wings yellowish-white. Abdomen whitish-buff, anal segment and edges of the other segments 
darker. Expanse of wings: E 26, £ 34 mm. Anping, Formosa. 
E. conspersana Strand (47 c) from Formosa, resembles (E) E. speudoconspersa Strand (= conspersa conspersa- 
Btlr. nec Fldr.), but it is smaller (expanse of wings: 20 mm), the forewings are so densely strewn with black, na ‘ 
large scales that the orange-ochreous ground-colour appears only in the shape of streaks on the veins, as a mar¬ 
ginal and costal-marginal band, and as two narrow, curved and broken transverse bands. Types in the German 
Entomolog. Museum at Berlin-Dahlem. 
E. kanshireia Wilem. E light ochreous. Anal brush orange-brown, the two last segments dark brown, kanshireia. 
Forewing speckled with dark brown scales, anteriorly greyish, antemedian and postmedian lines of the ground¬ 
colour, accompanied by grey bands, at the apex three small, black spots. Hinclwing dark grey with a whitish 
margin. Under surface of forewing dark with a twice interrupted light yellow marginal band, hindwing whitish 
with a darker base. $ is light sulphureous; the dark grey band following on the postmedian line is speckled 
with dark brown scales; abdomen dark grey with anal brush as in the E- Expanse of wings: E 30, $ 44 m. 
Formosa. 
E. insulafa Wilem. Allied with E. marginata Mr. (43 e). E head light brown, thorax reddish brown, insulata. 
abdomen lighter with a yellowish anal brush. Forewing light purple brown with some black scales, in the middle 
a yellowish spot and round about it more densely dusted black, a yellowish, once interrupted marginal band 
enclosing a row of 5 to 7 black spots, not reaching the costa. Hindwing light buff with a darker patch in the 
interior. $ like the E> but the marginal band of the forewing is of a deeper yellow and the anal brush 
browner. Expanse of wings: E 48, $ 60 mm. Rantaizan, Formosa, at an altitude of 7500ft.; in May. 
E. unifascia Wilem. $ forewing buff with a post-median band turned proximally towards the costa unifascia. 
and on each side margined with whitish. Hinclwing and under surface of both wings paler. Expanse of wings: 
21 mm. Formosa; in April and July. — The type is from Kanshirei; in Tainan there occurs a form with a lighter 
band of the forewing, the forewing being darkened beneath, with an expanse of wings of 24 mm (f. tainana tainana. 
form, nov.) 
E. sericea Wilem. (45 a) E : head and body faintly hued yellowish, anal brush distinctly yellow, sericea. 
Wings uni-coloured silky white. Expanse of wings: 34 mm. Kanshirei (Formosa); in November. 
E. nigropuncta Wilem. E allied with E. sericea (45 a), but larger (40 mm), forewing with a small nigropunc- 
black discocellular spot and a brown anal brush. Kanshirei (Formosa); in April. ia 
E. croceola nom. nov. (= crocea Wilem. nec Wlcr.). E head yellowish, thorax and abdomen rosy- croccola. 
reddish. Anal brush reddish. Forewing yellow, a bifurcate transverse band is indicated by three heaps of black 
scales in the cell, and three similar ones are arranged in an oblique row behind the cell, a post-median band is 
formed by single black scales, in the marginal area three subapical black spots and one removed towards the 
posterior margin. Hindwing whitish with yellow fringes. — $. The first and third of the apical spots in the 
forewing are larger, the spot approaching the anal angle is double. Expanse of wings; E 36, $ 46 mm. Formosa; 
August, April. 
E. striata Wileyn. E forewing buff feebly speckled with red-brown, in the marginal area between striata. 
the veins some irregular streaks formed of black scales, in the disc some single black scales. Hindwing and under 
surface of both wings hued red-brown, fringes lighter. Expanse of wings: 21 mm. Formosa; in October. 
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